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The research vessel “Oruts Reyes” continues to navigate within the Greek continental shelf, in the area that has been blocked south of Kastellorizo since last week. On Sunday it reached the closest point (about 14 nm) to Kastellorizo and then continued its course towards the southwest.
As “K” has written, if “Oruts Reyes” continues this pattern within the illegal Navtex, fatally sometime in the next 24 hours it will hit the 12m zone. from Kastellorizo, from where the zone of potential Greek domination begins.
At the same time, Ankara continued its challenges and declared a new illegal search and rescue zone in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.
Greetings to Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni.# Blue We expanded our search and rescue area of responsibility to include the search areas of our national ships operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Congratulations on our new National Search and Rescue Plan for our country. pic.twitter.com/EkDqxZaY1c
– Adil Karaismailoğlu (@akaraismailoglu) October 17, 2020
The controversial map was published by the Turkish Minister of Transport, Adil Karaismailoglu, accompanying it with the following message: “Greetings to Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni. In our Blue Homeland, we have expanded the search and rescue area in a way that will include the areas where our research vessels operate. The new search and rescue plan is caloric. “
The response of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs the announcement by Ankara of the new illegal search and rescue zone was immediate.
“This measure adds to the long list of Turkish arbitrariness and illegal claims in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean,” he said, adding that the Turkish actions “will once again go against the international legitimacy with which Turkey must finally reconcile” . ».
For his part, the Turkish Chancellor characterized the Greek accusations as unfounded.
According to Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy, “Search and rescue areas are not domain areas, but service areas. In this regard, Greece’s claim that this area, which remains outside its territorial waters and is simply intended to save and protect human lives, it is a violation of their sovereignty, it does not comply with the law or the humanitarian approach. ” .
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